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Down in Down Under - Diary - 30/03/03
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melbourneAfter a pretty cold night on a rest area somewhere near Chiltern I started for the last 280 K's to Melbourne. Arriving there I was a little bit desorientated and desperately looking for a place to leave my car - as usual in big cities. Doing so I realised that it was pretty clever to turn up here on a Sunday, as parking is for free. After a nice "sightseeing tour" through the city, I found a nice parking place. From there I went straight into the city mall.At the first sight this is just another shopping mall. At the second one however you realise that there the in my opinion only landmark of Melbourne is driving through - the tramway. After arranging where and when to meet Nicolas I started for a walk through the city centre. In contrast to Sydney CBD there are not so many skyscarpers but old buildings as well in the centre of Melbourne, for example the State Library. From there I walked on to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. A campus in the middle of the city with pretty peculiar modern architecture. Afterwards I went on to Melbourne Goal, the oldest jail in town. There Ned Kelly - the most famous Australian outlaw - was hung. This is in the middle of the city as well and shows that Melbourne indeed has an old and historical city centre in contrast to Sydney where there are just the Rocks left. Through China Town - which is a little bit smaller than in Sydney - I went to Spring Street. There you can find the parliamentary building. Just behind this you can see St. Patricks Cathedral. Just next door is a little German Lutheran church - kind of neat in contrast to the big cathedral. Then I went to the Sofitel. Apparently you are able to enjoy a wonderful view onto the city from the toilets on the 35th floor - and this is true. The best thing of this little visit to the Sofitel was of course that there were several other people, just up there in the toilets to enjoy this view and that one of them actually was the manager on duty. After this I went on to Federation Square, a quite new site of modern architecture, which for example accomodates SBS (the local multicultural tv station). Right behind this I was surprised by the M.I.L.K.-Photo Exhibition another time. After this exhibition left Sydney I did not knew that it went on to Melbourne. By the way, next places are London and Paris (concerning current location check out the WebPage). And if you are around, do not miss it! Then I met up with Nicolas, drove Dino next to his place (there it is more secure and out of the city) and checked into a citybackpackers - a really big hostel, usually I do not like these ones, with a more then hundred 100 mē big kitchen with with a walkable fridge. Later we went to get something to eat in China Town and took full advantage of the "Do your Own Plate"-offer. As there is not much going on concerning party and pubs here in Melbourne we decided to go for the ordinary backpacker pub - the only one I saw in the city - and had a relaxed evening. |
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